The subscription form for the 18th EKF/FIK European Zone Referee Seminar, to be held in Brussels on Saturday the 7th and Sunday afternoon, the 8th of February 2009, has been sent to your country's official address. Prior to the seminar properly speaking, there will be a ji-geiko session on Friday evening in the presence of the ZNKR delegation listed below.

As before, there will be a Kendo examination session from 1st to 7th Dan on the 8th of February 2008. The subscription form has been sent to your country's President. Please contact him as soon as possible if you want to participate.

These events are held as usual under the supervision of the following ‘All Japan Kendo Federation’ (AJKF) delegation composed of:

- Official Referee candidates for the next Championships;
- Referees (5th Dan or over) with international or confirmed national refereeing experience; eventual exceptions to this rule may be granted on special demand; referees will bring their own flags to the seminar.
- All experienced kendoka of sufficient level for the shiai practice (the best possible but preferably minimum 3rd Dan) may participate for free.

Waiting to meet you all soon, and wishing you a good start of the New Year,

The place of the main venue is still the ADEPS Sports Centre “Forêt de Soignes”, Chaussée de Wavre 2057, 1160 BRUSSELS (Auderghem). The telephone and fax numbers are 02.672.22.60 and 02.672.19.39.

The complete program is joined for your information as page four of this letter. Please notice that:

- the price for rooms of 4 is still 25 € per person per night, breakfast included;

- if you prefer a room of 2, the price remains somewhat higher, at 30 € per person per night, breakfast included;

- there will beno seminar subscription fee for competitors, as always. Only the lodging expenses remain.

The subscription form allows a personal schedule for every member of your delegation. What follows is a range of standard arrangements, to give you an idea. But you can calculate the individual prices following the indications in the ‘Prices’ row on the subscription form:

- if you take the standard referee seminar program, you will arrive on Friday evening for the ji-geiko, take lunch in the evening and stay until Sunday afternoon; in that case the all in subscription price will be 265,00 €, if you stay in a 2-person room;

- if you take the standard competitors’ program, you will arrive on Friday evening for the ji-geiko, take lunch in the evening and stay until Sunday afternoon; in that case the all in subscription price will be 180,00 €, if you stay in a 4-person room;

- your schedule can be totally adapted to the needs of your delegation, with arrival possible starting on Thursday and return can be from Sunday evening up to Tuesday, the 10th of February;

- the ones arriving late Friday evening can order a dinner at their own expense; if this is the case, please don’t put “Y” in the column ‘Dinner 2’ on the joined subscription form;

- the names of the official referee candidates for the upcoming championships should be announced by indicating ‘Y’ in the “Off. Candidate” column on the subscription form.

- the names of the judges who are available to take part in the grading juries should be announced by indicating ‘+J’ in the same “Off. Candidate” column on the form.

Except for lunches, snacks and drinks ordered at the bar, everything is included in the all-inclusive prices. Payment is to be made upon arrival either in cash or in Eurocheques (no national cheques please).

For all other possible combinations, prices mentioned on the reply form will be totaled up. On the subscription form you will find some examples with a total price added in the last column.

Please fill in and return the joined subscription form. To be able to lodge everyone in the best way, please answer before the 22nd of January 2009. If necessary, subscription by fax is accepted, but we prefer clearly ledgible subscriptions by letter. All subscriptions will be accepted in the order of arrival.

2. Practical information on the examination:

The Dan grading examination will be held up to 7th Dan on Sunday afternoon (subscription & registration fees according to the Newsletter 2008):

- Please fill in the joined subscription form, signed by the president, and return it before the 22nd of January 2009.

- Nevertheless all candidates without exception are asked to confirm their subscription and, if you didn’t do it before, pay the corresponding fee at the latest on Saturday between 18:30 and 19:30. If ever they are arriving on Sunday, pay in advance or delegate someone to pay in his or her place.

- The candidates must be ready in the hall 1 hour before the start of the examination on Sunday, e.g. at 13:30.

3. Important notice:

May we ask you to pass all this information on to all the clubs in your country, mentioning especially that all subscriptions to the referee part and the examination have to pass by the national organisation, in order to prevent private practitioners to contact EKF directly.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Thursday 05-02-2009

From morning: ARRIVAL & INSTALLATION at the
SPORTS HOTEL for the ones concerned. Hotel
Noon: Lunch can be ordered in the Cafetaria.
16:00-18:00 Optional JI-GEIKO without ZNKR delegation: H2 HALL
20:00-22:00 Dinner in the cafetaria (if not ordered). Cafetaria
21:00 Dinner for those who have reserved. Cafetaria

Friday 06-02-2009

From morning: ARRIVAL & INSTALLATION at the
SPORTS HOTEL for the ones concerned. Hotel
08:00-09:00 Breakfast. Cafetaria
Noon: Lunch can be ordered in the Cafetaria.
19:15 EKF JI-GEIKO: H2 HALL
20:00-22:00 Dinner in the cafetaria (if not ordered). Cafetaria
20:30 Dinner for those who have reserved. Cafetaria